Penicillium inflatum

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Penicillium inflatum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Penicillium
Species:
P. inflatum
Binomial name
Penicillium inflatum
Stolk & Malla (1971) [1]
Type strain
ATCC 48994, CBS 682.70, CCFC007491, CCFC007492, DAOM 213168, FRR 1549, IMI 191498, MUCL 38965, NRRL 5179 [2]
Synonyms

Aspergillus inflatus

Penicillium inflatum (also named Aspergillus inflatum) is an anamorph species of the genus of Penicillium which produces sterigmatocystin. [3] [4] [5] [6] It is from the Cremei section. [7]

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Growth and morphology

A. inflatus has been cultivated on both Czapek yeast extract agar (CYA) plates and Malt Extract Agar Oxoid® (MEAOX) plates. The growth morphology of the colonies can be seen in the pictures below.

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References

  1. Stolk A.C., Malla D.S. (1971). "Penicillium inflatum sp.nov". Persoonia. 6 (2): 197–200.
  2. Straininfo of Penicillium inflatum
  3. ATCC
  4. UniProt
  5. Robert A. Samson, J I Pitt (2000). Integration of Modern Taxonomic Methods For Penicillium and Aspergillus Classification. CRC Press. ISBN   9058231593.
  6. Rank, C; Nielsen, K. F.; Larsen, T. O.; Varga, J; Samson, R. A.; Frisvad, J. C. (2011). "Distribution of sterigmatocystin in filamentous fungi". Fungal Biology. 115 (4–5): 406–20. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2011.02.013. PMID   21530923.
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